Tag: Equipment

Emu 0404 pci sound card clicks and pops

In an earlier article I mentioned that I had installed the EMU 0404 PCI sound card. I basically got it off ebay for £30, and it was curiosity that made me go for it. Curious about it’s zero latency and the built in FX. I have a UAD card and even though I knew the […]

Studio Project £1000+

A few years ago I started building up the equipment in my project Studio here is the equipment list. At the hub is the PC. The desktop is my studio – it’s a 2ghz 2gb big baby(looks like a fridge) – specs (not the fastest, but it is setup to use every bit of its […]

The Mini ’57 Twin-Amp

Bought this neat little amp from Amazon two weeks ago, and it’s awesome for what I paid, just over £30. Battery life, which was a concern, is excellent. Not had to change batteries yet and it’s been on 5 days a week, for at least 4 hours. Sounds great and pumps out more volume than […]

Emu Esi 32

ESi 32 Download Manual ESI-32 – 1994 Essentially a cost reduction of the EIIIX sampler (EIII software ported to new hardware), this two rack space sampler broke the price barrier for high-quality sampling. Thirty-two voice polyphony, 32MB of RAM and a huge sound library made this E-MU’s best selling sampler of all time. ‘The ESI-32 […]

Vst vs Outboard

These days with the introduction of vst everything it’s very easy (money provided) to have an entire setup soley on your pc. Lots of home studio and diy recordists are making the transition from outboard equipment to pc based software. This has a nice knock on effect for people like myself. I work on a […]

Free Vst Guitar FX

Voxengo: Voxengo Boogex Guitar amplifier plug-in with a variety of sound shaping features as well as cabinet impulse response emulation module. Voxengo Tube Amp This plug-in can be used to add a tube-like warmness to any audio material. Review: Both of these are pretty damn cool – I’ve used both together to create some pretty […]

Emu Esi32 Sampler

Great little sampler, I have 2 at the moment and intend to invest in a couple of ESI2000’s or ESI4000’s. Upgradable to 32meg this sampler sounds great, but if your intending to have thousands of real orchestral sounds be warned. 32meg these days ain’t a lot. Hence the reason I have two and intend to […]